Having been out of practice with this sort of imaging, I struggled with this one from capture to finish. Did a lot of things wrong. Fumbled with my gear, and spent a lot of time just trying to get the planet in the field of view. Physically exhausted and cold, mentally fatigued and frustrated, I finally gave up late in the evening despite still having clear skies. When I looked at the data the next morning, it was so underexposed that I almost threw it all out thinking it was unusable. All the data was in the first 10% of the histogram.

At first, both AS!3 and PIPP were unable to make anything of the data. I knew that the data was in there, I just couldn't see it. Ended up multiplying the gain by 5x in PIPP to bring the data up to a workable level.  Another issue I ran into was when saving in RAW color space with SER or FITS file format: SharpCap records the Bayer matrix starting with the top row (top-down/left-right), while AutoStakkert reads from the bottom row first (cartesian coords). Neither method is wrong, because it was never standardized. But this means that with an RGGB Bayer pattern, I need to force the pattern as GBRG in AutoStakkert to debayer properly.

Image consists of 3x de-rotated stacks, each 2400x 8ms @ 80 gain, stacked with AS!3 using 1.5x drizzle. PIPP was used to increase gain by 5, center the planet, and crop. Bayer pattern was preserved for use with Bayer drizzle in AS!3. Guiding with PHD2 to keep the target from drifting out of frame.

Image Train:
- Meade Model 2080/LX3 8" f/10 SCT
- Baader 2" Clicklock for 2" SC thread (#2956220)
- Tele Vue 2x Powermate
- Tele Vue T-Ring for 2x Powermate
- ZWO M42 to M48 adapter
- ZWO M42 filter drawer
- ZWO 2" to 1.25" filter adapter
- Astronomik L-2 Luminance UV/IR Block 1.25" filter
- ZWO ADC
- Player One Neptune-C II (IMX464)

Guider:
- William Optics UniGuide 32
- Player One S-Series UV/IR Cut 1.25" filter
- Player One Mars-M (IMX290)

Accessories:
- Meade Model 608 8" Dew Shield (#07284)
- Astrozap Dust Cover for 8" Dew Shields (#AZ-1408)
- 2x LOEK USB Lens Heater (for SCT)
- PROTAGE USB Lens Heater (for guider)
- BuckeyStargazer TriBahtinov Mask for Meade 8" SCT
- Astromania Schmidt-Cassegrain Finder Scope Base
- ADM D Series Dovetail Bar for Meade 8" SCT (DM8)

Mount:
- Celestron Advanced VX (firmware: 7.15.8270)
- Celestron 2" Steel Field Tripod for AVX Mounts

Mount Accessories:
- Celestron NexStar+ Hand Controller (firmware: GEM 5.31.9200)
- ADM Dual Series Saddle for Celestron AVX Mounts
- Starizona Bubble Level for Celestron AVX Mounts
- Celestron Polar Axis Finderscope for AVX Mounts (#94224)
- 2x Celestron 11.8lb Counterweight for AVX Mounts
- 2x iOptron 3lb Counterweight
- Razer Serval Bluetooth Controller

Power & Data:
- GoLabs R300 299Wh Power Station
- 12V DC Car Adapter with 5A fuse (for AVX Mount)
- Sabrent USB 3.0 Hub with Power Switches (HB-BUP7) 
- AmazonBasics 6ft USB 3.0 Type A (male) to Type B (male) cable (for USB hub)
- AmazonBasics 3ft USB 2.0 Type A (male) to Type B-mini (male) cable (for AVX hand controller)
- 2x Player One 2m USB 3.0 Type A (male) to Type B (male) cable (for Player One cameras)

Capture Software:
- SharpCap v4.0.8949.0, 64-bit
- All Sky Plate Solver v1.4.5.11
- PHD2 Guiding v2.6.11dev1
- Stellarium v0.22.1, 64-bit
- Stellarium Scope v2016.12.26.351
- Celestron NexRemote v1.7.24 (NexRemote.dll v1.7.4, Adv Series GT, GEM 4.22)
- Celestron Telescope Driver v6.1.7350.35104
- ASCOM Platform v6.6.0.3444

Processing Software:
- PIPP v2.5.9, 64-bit
- AutoStakkert! v3.1.4, 64-bit
- RegiStax v6.1.0.8
- WinJUPOS v12.1.2, 64-bit
- Adobe Photoshop v23.0.2, 64-bit

Capture PC:
- ASUS Zenbook Prime UX31A-AB71
- Intel Core i7-3517U 1.9GHz Dual-Core Processor
- 4GB DDR3 800Mhz Memory
- 1TB Samsung 860 EVO M.2-2280 SATA SSD
- Windows 10 Pro 21H2, 64-bit

Processing PC:
- ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Impact Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard
- Intel Core i7-6700K 4GHz Quad-Core Processor
- 32GB DDR4-3200 1600MHz Memory
- 2TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2-2280 NVMe SSD
- 2x 6TB WD Black 7200RPM 3.5" SATA HDDs
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 FE 8GB GDDR5X
- Windows 10 Pro 21H2, 64-bit